Phase II Tower Work Begins

The Phase II Restoration work on the Grace Church bell tower has begun!  We anticipate that this work on the Bell Tower and the High Street foyer will continue until the first week in November.

Our General Contractor, Murray Brothers has demolished and removed the internal first floor of the bell tower.

And the second floor platform (which will not be replaced).

The floor was then filled, and will have new concrete slab added later.

Our masons are working to match the mortar color and consistency with the building -- 

You can follow our masonry subcontractors perspective on this project on their own blog found here. 

We also have learned, unfortunately, that one of our bells developed a hairline crack as the bell contractors were working on it.  The bell is being shipped to the foundry in the Netherlands in order to be repaired.  You can see the crack in the photo below radiating down from one on the bolt holes.  We are told that the crack does not effect the part of the bell that produces sound, and will be able to be fully repaired.